Dr. Cara Berg Powers
@clbergpowers.bsky.social
I post about public education, school integration, cultural theory, media literacy, sex ed, parenting, and random thoughts from my ADHD brain. Proud co-editor of uncoveringpossible.com out now from Vernon Press! CFC166871CD4B 24% off
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
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one of whom was literally fucking assassinated. the person responsible for the agenda he got to run on as a VP candidate.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
Say this louder for the people in the back! Walz is a moderate, and while I appreciate that he's governor, let's not forget that he gets pushed by the WOMEN in this state.
tim walz won his governorship by running as a pro-pipeline moderate who was in touch with rural people
he got pushed to the left by the house DFL caucus and Minnesota organizing
he got pushed to the left by the house DFL caucus and Minnesota organizing
January 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
one of whom was literally fucking assassinated. the person responsible for the agenda he got to run on as a VP candidate.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
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Holy shit it's real
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Holy shit it's real
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John Dewey's Democracy and Education
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
John Dewey's Democracy and Education
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Hey all, I've spent the past few weeks working really hard on the kobold heart hoard project and it's available for pre-order now. It's 10 glass hearts, starting at $25.
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Shares are appreciated.
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Shares are appreciated.
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hey all, I've spent the past few weeks working really hard on the kobold heart hoard project and it's available for pre-order now. It's 10 glass hearts, starting at $25.
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are appreciated.
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are appreciated.
Going to print this on cards to hand to city councilors when they use words like "decency" and "common sense" to stall any action to make their city more livable for most residents.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Going to print this on cards to hand to city councilors when they use words like "decency" and "common sense" to stall any action to make their city more livable for most residents.
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Gronk is so bad at this
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Gronk is so bad at this
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one last time, for the road
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
one last time, for the road
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From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire
by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social. I can’t say enough about this one. So powerful. We have a world to win, and we never will it we can’t deal with grief.
by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social. I can’t say enough about this one. So powerful. We have a world to win, and we never will it we can’t deal with grief.
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire
by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social. I can’t say enough about this one. So powerful. We have a world to win, and we never will it we can’t deal with grief.
by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social. I can’t say enough about this one. So powerful. We have a world to win, and we never will it we can’t deal with grief.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Friends! @educateusaction.bsky.social is 85% to our stretch goal for our end of year fundraiser and if you want to help make sure pro sex ed candidates for school committee have the resources they need to win you can give before midnight to get us across the line! givebutter.com/educateus202...
Feeling very fancy. I have managed to pack my weekender with *only* match sets of lounge wear and workout gear. This may be the most middle class, middle age coded thing I've ever done. Also traveling in my Keith Haring for Costco lounge set which was my one new clothing purchase this year.
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Feeling very fancy. I have managed to pack my weekender with *only* match sets of lounge wear and workout gear. This may be the most middle class, middle age coded thing I've ever done. Also traveling in my Keith Haring for Costco lounge set which was my one new clothing purchase this year.
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"The USPS posted a $9 billion loss" is an interesting way to phrase "The USPS cost each american $25.94 last year."
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"The USPS posted a $9 billion loss" is an interesting way to phrase "The USPS cost each american $25.94 last year."
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There is nothing inexplicable about why some histories are not widely known.
The Elaine massacre of October 1919, writes Atul Dev, represents “a pivotal episode of American history, consigned inexplicably to the margins.” https://go.nybooks.com/4s3ui6p
‘They Killed Our People’ | Atul Dev
In the spring of 2008, at a small desk piled with papers and notebooks, Lisa Hicks-Gilbert sat spellbound in front of a laptop. After a lifetime of
go.nybooks.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
There is nothing inexplicable about why some histories are not widely known.
Also just don't police what people eat. Yes sometimes an 8 pack of pecan rolls for a dollar is the most sensible caloric solution to feed 5 kids breakfast. Sometimes they just want a treat. And poor people are not less worthy of treats.
Allow me to explain why this is very fuckin’ bad.
Read this to learn something, or don’t and stay stupid. Whatevs; I’m getting stoned at the end of writing this either way.
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Read this to learn something, or don’t and stay stupid. Whatevs; I’m getting stoned at the end of writing this either way.
🧵👇🏻 (a thread)
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SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1
Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.
apnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Also just don't police what people eat. Yes sometimes an 8 pack of pecan rolls for a dollar is the most sensible caloric solution to feed 5 kids breakfast. Sometimes they just want a treat. And poor people are not less worthy of treats.
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This is an incredibly important thread. I don’t care if you think it’s bullshit, read it anyway. To the end. Because then it’ll be in your head and maybe one day you’ll finally see something that makes it click for you.
Allow me to explain why this is very fuckin’ bad.
Read this to learn something, or don’t and stay stupid. Whatevs; I’m getting stoned at the end of writing this either way.
🧵👇🏻 (a thread)
apnews.com/article/snap...
Read this to learn something, or don’t and stay stupid. Whatevs; I’m getting stoned at the end of writing this either way.
🧵👇🏻 (a thread)
apnews.com/article/snap...
SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1
Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is an incredibly important thread. I don’t care if you think it’s bullshit, read it anyway. To the end. Because then it’ll be in your head and maybe one day you’ll finally see something that makes it click for you.
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This the world altering technology I’m supposed to make my students use so they aren’t “left behind.”
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This the world altering technology I’m supposed to make my students use so they aren’t “left behind.”
Just to be clear, many, many daycare providers in Massachusetts are in home. These are highly regulated and overseen, and not well compensated by our voucher system. These people are encouraging vigilantes to go to private homes and terrorize underpaid child care workers and children.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just to be clear, many, many daycare providers in Massachusetts are in home. These are highly regulated and overseen, and not well compensated by our voucher system. These people are encouraging vigilantes to go to private homes and terrorize underpaid child care workers and children.
Massachusetts should do this
Did you know? Last year, Minnesota eliminated prison gerrymandering.
The law, signed by Tim Walz in the spring, ended the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
The law, signed by Tim Walz in the spring, ended the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
Minnesota Just Became The Latest State to Eliminate Prison Gerrymandering
A new law will end the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
boltsmag.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Massachusetts should do this
I was at the mall bathing suit shopping for my 15th birthday when we started hearing fan screaming outside the Sears. So we went out to see what was going on and it was LL Cool J at the Waldenbooks on a book tour. I took a side photo of him on my disposable camera. His arms were the size of my head.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I was at the mall bathing suit shopping for my 15th birthday when we started hearing fan screaming outside the Sears. So we went out to see what was going on and it was LL Cool J at the Waldenbooks on a book tour. I took a side photo of him on my disposable camera. His arms were the size of my head.
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I think it's really worth noting that literally ZERO mainstream media outlets were talking about Trump claiming a land strike on Venezuela until a few others and I noticed this post here on Sunday and started asking questions. That goes completely unacknowledged in coverage.
Trump says this December 26 in an interview with John Catsimatidis that the US destroyed a drug trafficking plant in Venezuela on Christmas Eve.
“They have a big plant. A building from where the boats leave. Two nights ago we hit them hard.”
“They have a big plant. A building from where the boats leave. Two nights ago we hit them hard.”
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think it's really worth noting that literally ZERO mainstream media outlets were talking about Trump claiming a land strike on Venezuela until a few others and I noticed this post here on Sunday and started asking questions. That goes completely unacknowledged in coverage.
For my fellow elder millenial (and Gen X) folks, especially those raised girls, what are some of your specific red flags in this galloping return of skinny culture? Mine is seeing a huge influx of recipes with cottage cheese in my feed. IT'S NOT ICE CREAM, stop lying!
December 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For my fellow elder millenial (and Gen X) folks, especially those raised girls, what are some of your specific red flags in this galloping return of skinny culture? Mine is seeing a huge influx of recipes with cottage cheese in my feed. IT'S NOT ICE CREAM, stop lying!